European People
Prince Henry "the Navigator"
Olaudah Equiano's account of the trans-Atlantic slave trade followed this development in the Americas___ and resulted in Europeans seeking new sources of labor.
Death of Indigenous population from European diseases like smallpox
Genoa
This was a nimble, wind- resistant sailing ship that represented an example of maritime technological advancements that faciliated the Age of European Exploration.
Caravel
The tipi/ teepee was a mobile housing- style associated with this tribe of nomadic buffalo hunters living on the Great Plains.
Sioux
Spanish conquistador who explored Florida, motivated partly by myths like the Fountain of Youth but also by opportunities for strategic expansion.
Juan Ponce de León
Martin Luther and later John Calvin were associated with this event that resulted in challenging Catholic authority and dividing Western Christianity.
Protestant Reformation
Tenochtitlan was the center of the Aztec Empire at the time of Spanish conquest. This is the name of that same location today.
Mexico City
Elmina Castle in today's Ghana, West Africa, was the last stop before this brutal Atlantic journey_____ for chattel slaves bound for sale to American plantations as labor.
Middle Passage
This common resource in the Northeast was used by the Iroquois people to build permanent dwellings called Longhouses.
Timber and Bark
Spanish conquistador who ventured into the American Southwest in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold, mapping vast areas in the process.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
This ended in 1492, it strengthened Catholic Spain and encouraged imperial expansion and the spread of Catholicism.
Reconquista
When sailing for Spain in 1492, this was the continent that Christopher Columbus was trying to reach.
Asia
A trading system connecting the Atlantic World (both Old World_Europe, Africa and New World_ Americas).
Triangular Trade
This group of Indigenous people adapted to the arid conditions of the Southwest by developing complex irrigation systems to support a sedentary agricultural society.
Pueblo
Early European explorers of the Americas were describe as having an "entrepreneurial spirit". This was one characteristic of this spirit.
risk-taking, personal ambition, seeking wealth for personal gain
This event supported political unification of two kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Aragon and Castile, and helped to support Spanish participation in the Age of Exploration beginning in 1492.
Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
Portugal was the first European country to reach Asia by rounding the Cape of Good Hope located on this continent.
Africa
The magnetic compass expanded navigational capabilities, but this____ maritime innovation enabled sailors to calculate latitude allowing for more precise cartography (maps) and route planning.
Astrolabe
The Chinook was one tribe from the Pacific Northwest who used the cedar tree to construct Plank Houses and this to preserve stories and lineage.
Totem Pole
Sponsored by Spain for an expedition that included ships Nina, Pina, Santa Maria. Called people he encountered "Indians" because he thought he was in Asia.
Christopher Columbus
These were celebrations of abundance to redistribute wealth and reinforce community bonds for the marine people of the Pacific Northwest such as the Chinook.
Potlatches
The Moundbuilders associated with the fertile Mississippi River floodplains built this center for culture and trade, the largest urban center in North America.
Cahokia
The term for the sustained (ongoing) movement beginning in 1492 of crops, animals, technologies, people (willing and unwilling), ideas, diseases, and resources between the Old World and New World.
Columbian Exchange
This powerful alliance in the Northeast was an example of Indigenous people forming sophisticated governance before the time of European contact.
Iroquois Confederacy